The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history to the nation’s most pressing contemporary governance challenges. more →

Welcome to the Miller Center

From presidents Carter, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Colloquium -
Abiding Interests: Mobilization, Bias, and the Development of the Washington Lobbying Community.

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Richard Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

Richard Harris teaches and writes in the areas of American Politics and Public Policy, with specializations in Business/Government Relations and Environmental Policy. In addition to publishing books on these topics with Duke University Press and Oxford University Press, Professor Harris has received research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Brookings Institution.

Daniel Tichenor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

Daniel Tichenor's research interests include national political institutions, particularly presidential decision-making and leadership, social movements, interest groups, immigration and citizenship, public policy, history and politics, and American political thought. His book, Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America (2002) won the American Political Science Association's 2003 Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book in American national policy.